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March 7

The Third Sunday in Lent

You can click on "Bulletin" above to print out a bulletin for the services.

You can also go to our website, click on the Bulletin buttons and print a PDF directly from there.

Sign ups are required for all in-person services. We will also broadcast on YouTube & Facebook. Please make yourself familiar with our current protocols for participating in in-person gatherings at St. Mark's

Weekend Services

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Weekly Offerings

Monday Morning Prayer, on Facebook and YouTube

Tuesday Alpha, 7PM-8:30PM

Wednesday 9am Holy Eucharist Rite II in the Sanctuary

7PM Adult Forum: Prologue
Thursday 12noon Midday Mindfulness on Facebook

Saturday 5pm Holy Eucharist Rite II

Sunday 8am Holy Eucharist Rite I

10am Holy Eucharist Rite II

Jockey Hollow Hike/Walk - Saturday, March 6th

All are encouraged to join in our outdoor fellowship event scheduled for this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. A short or longer hike on the paved tour road through the woods at Jockey Hollow, Tempe Wick Road will be held depending on participants choice. The beautiful grounds can also be explored close to the parking area if a two or three mile hike is not your choice. Join your fellow parishioner to gather at the socially distance parking lot area.

Please send Sandy an email to sign up so we can plan the hot cocoa and snack pick up at the end. Feel free to bring a pop-up chair and lunch to eat afterward. Join the red bandana gang and set out for the great outdoors. (bandanas will be provided) RSVP at sgogerty@optonline.net

Canstruction Lent Project

Sign up for the Canstruction event has been strong. There is still time to sign up to build your “Can”Structure either at St. Marks in the large classroom or at home with a photo submission. The goal of this event is to collect and donate a huge pile of canned food as you will find each structure can easily take a hundred + cans. What better way to help support those in need during this unprecedented time.

During Lent this year, all the youth groups, Sunday school children and the entire St. Marks family have the opportunity to Follow Jesus’ teachings to Feed the Hungry.

We will hold a Lent-long canned food drive culminating in a “Creative Can Collection” build out during Holy Week. If you ever saw any of the CANSTRUCTION sculptures posted on-line, think much simpler. We want to focus on participation rather than huge sculptures (click here to see Google images of some amazing creations).Here are the rules –

Anyone can participate. Individuals, family units, Covid pods. Make your intent known by registering below.
Start collecting a bunch of canned food with some design in mind. We suggest all designs are limited to 200 cans or less but there is no limit especially if your group is large.
Decide on your design and start practicing putting it together in case you need more cans or a different type of can.
You can use non-can support materials like thin wood or cardboard or non-permanent adhesive like double stick tape, but all cans must be easily taken down for donation.
Sign up for a build time which will take place during Holy Week by contacting the office. If you choose to build at home please let us know that so we can make sure we print out the image for display.
The J2A and J2B youth groups will make a video of all the displays so all of St. Marks can vote. Results will be announced on Easter Morning and all cans of food will be delivered to the food bank during Easter week.

Start thinking of what you want to build and get those cans ready! Let’s have some fun while following Jesus. You can build anything while Feeding the Hungry.

Canstruction Lent Project

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Food Bank of Somerset County General Needs

As you know, the Foodbank is in great demand these days. You can help by making a monetary donation by clicking here. This will allow the staff to purchase much needed food to deal with the increase in demand at their door and reduce the need for in-person contact during this time. Thank you!

Easter Garden

Would you like to remember or honor a loved one with a donation to the Easter Garden?

Please contact the office with the name(s) you would like listed in the Easter bulletin by Wednesday, March 31st.

Your $30 donation will go towards the purchase of the plants and flowers that will brighten up our outdoor Easter service this year. We will bring them in to adorn the altar after Easter and eventually many will find their way into the St. Mark's garden or at the Ross Farm.
Thank you for making the Easter Garden possible!

Covid-19 Vaccine Form

We (and I mean mostly Father Rick!) have successfully booked 10 appointments this week.

If you are seeking a COVID-19 Vaccine appointment, please click here to fill out this form (or call the office and speak with Ann) and we will do our best to find an appointment for you

If we are able to find you an appointment, we will let you know immediately. THESE APPOINTMENTS are NON-TRANSFERABLE.

Please feel free to continue to search for a vaccine on your own, but PLEASE let us know if you’ve found one so that we can take you off this list.

GroupMe Prayer Group

Are you looking for a way to stay connected with your fellow parishioners? Well, look no further! St. Mark’s now has a group prayer chat through an app/website called GroupMe. GroupMe is a text messaging app/website that can be used on a phone, tablet, or computer. Join the group to chat and pray with other parishioners. Click the following link to join and create an account (if you don’t have one already): https://groupme.com/join_group/66032125/ewp7m7zH

Red Cross Blood Drives continue at St. Mark's

Please consider signing up to donate blood - the need is great! You can click here to view and signup for drives scheduled at St. Mark's.

Help Save the Plant AND Help the Homeless

Would you like to help save our planet by recycling your plastic grocery bags AND help someone who may be living on the streets? Then this project is for YOU!

A local group of women from Bridgewater have taken on the project of using plastic grocery bags to make these sleeping mats. This is not a new concept but unfortunately not one that is well-known. They have teamed up with several organizations in the Somerset County area who are distributing these sleeping mats to the homeless. Below is a photo of the finished product. It takes between 700 and 800 plastic bags to make one mat. Think about the dual good you would be doing – keeping a large quantity of bags out of the landfill AND giving a homeless person a dry and warm mat to sleep upon.

Here is how it works: clean grocery bags with their handles intact are collected (this is where you come in!). These bags are then linked together into ropes. Each rope is 20 grocery bags long. These are then rolled into “balls” to pump the air out of the plastic.

To keep them aesthetically pleasing, similar colored grocery bags are used to fashion each rope. Then these ropes are crocheted by hand (no tools required) into mats measuring approximately 3 feet by 6 feet. Finally, the sleeping mats are handed over to a charity organization for distribution. If you are really intrigued to see this process here is a link to watch a video of one being made https://www.facebook.com/156602054696125/videos/376919192664409

Here is how you can help:

Gather your clean grocery bags; remember the handles need to be intact;
Bring them to church and leave them in the box in the link that is marked for this collection;
These bags will then be delivered to the group making the mats;
It is as easy as that!!!!
If by chance you have any interest in assisting the group by making the ropes, the instructions can be emailed to you.

Thank you in advance for your interest in this project. If you have questions, would like more information or the instructions to make ropes please contact Dawn Knill at dkknill@hotmail.com